The Winery Agriloro is one of the world's great estates. It offers 43 wines for sale in of Ticino to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Agriloro wines in Ticino among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Agriloro wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Agriloro wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Agriloro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of navarin of the sea da gigi, lamb in spicy sauce or roast veal with mustard cream.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Agriloro. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, smoke or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of coffee, black fruits or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Agriloro. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Ticino is a relatively small wine region in the alpine South of Switzerland, prized for its Merlot, and located along its border with Italy. The wine region's borders follow those of the canton of Ticino, a primarily Italian-speaking enclave in the landlocked multilingual country (the canton is called "Tessin" by the French and German speakers).
Vineyard">Vineyards in region cover just over 1,100 hectares (2,700 acres) and are centred around the rivers and large, alpine lakes of the canton. The latter are a major tourist attraction - much like the lake of Como, just 5km (3 miles) from Ticino's southernmost tip - and they all share water with Italy.
Merlot is the flagship variety here. This Bordeaux variety, which may seem an unusual variety of preference for a Swiss wine region, was introduced to Ticino in the early 20th century.
It makes up just over 80 percent of the entire vineyard area and has been so successful, it has been given its own appellation: Merlot del Ticino. This can be relatively light or – when from the warmer, sunnier vineyards and carefully vinified with oak – as fine and well Structured as good red Bordeaux.
Other varieties include Chardonnay (4 percent) and Sauvignon Blanc (1. 7 percent). In total, white wines only represent nine percent of the regional output.
Other than Merlot, reds include (in order of planting area) Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and one of Switzerland's "indigenous" crossings: Gamaret.
How Winery Agriloro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of stuffed tomatoes, sardines moroccan style or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Agriloro. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, non oak or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Agriloro. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Tannat is a red grape variety from Béarn which belongs to the cotoïdes family. Present in several vineyards of France, it occupies nearly 3,000 ha. Its leaves are reddish with tan patches. Its bunches are either of normal size or larger. Its berries have a thin skin and are rounded. Its foliage has a swarthy appearance. This variety must be pruned long because it is vigorous. It likes sandy and gravelly soils. Tannat is often exposed to leafhoppers and mites. It is also somewhat susceptible to grey rot. It has 11 approved clones, including 474, 717 and 794. Once mature, this variety produces acidic, fruity, tannic, acidic and full-bodied wines. Various aromas emerge, notably tobacco, cinnamon and exotic wood. Tannat is rarely used alone. It is combined with iron-servadou to obtain a fruitier taste or with cabernet sauvignon to be more rounded.
How Winery Agriloro wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of pan-fried salmon with lemon and dill sauce, fish and shrimp curry or fried chicken.
On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Agriloro. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.
Said of a wine that is full-bodied and offers well-defined aromas.
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German grape variety obtained in 1916 by Georg Shere (1879/1949). It was given until then as coming from a cross between Riesling and Sylvaner, but genetic tests have shown that its father is the Bouquettraube (Bukettrebe), and it is closely related to the Kerner. The Scheurebe can be found in Austria, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Great Britain, the United States (California, Virginia, ...), Canada (Ontario, British Columbia, ...), ... practically unknown in France.
